after graduation, he married michelle robinson, another harvard trained lawyer. they met at her internship. >> she is very much a part of their relationship. she is an accomplished person, thoughtful and she has strong opinions about things. >> the couple made their home in chicago, where barak worked constitutional law and worked hard about his ambitions. >> if a point comes where i think i could do more in a political office than i can doing things i'm doing now, then i might think about it. but that time is certainly in the future. >> two years after that interview, the future came to life as obama ran for and won a seat in the illinois state senate even before that run there was something about him that caught people. >> i met barack obama because of a friend, eddie, of mine here called me up in 1929 said i just met the most remarkable young man, and i think you ought to meet him. his name is barack obama. and i said, i know this sounds odd, but i think he could be president of the out. i now take betty lou to the track. >> david axelrod signed on as his medi